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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Royal Ascot
| Issuer | Falkland Islands |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Third portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, diademed and draped, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend arcs around the upper periphery reading QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 2002 · FALKLAND ISLANDS, with the denomination 50 PENCE positioned along the lower border. The queen wears a pearl necklace and earring, rendered in fine relief against a polished field. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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The Falkland Islands issued a long-running series of commemorative 50 pence pieces throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, exploiting the territory's right to produce its own coinage to generate collector revenue — a common fiscal strategy among British Overseas Territories with limited economic bases. Royal Ascot, founded in 1711 by Queen Anne, has been attended by the reigning monarch almost without interruption for three centuries. The Falklands' geographic remove from Berkshire makes the subject matter purely a function of royal theming rather than any local connection.